Work

Dear Babies: On escaping the career doldrums

American readers: Please join me in the nationwide general strike this Friday, January 30th (no work, no school, no shopping) to stop ICE and block…

Jan 28 • Haley Nahman

#217: Following your (non-specific) dreams

The upside of not knowing what you want

Apr 13, 2025 • Haley Nahman

#197: What is "personal style"?

+ my thought on the Substack discourse & being "a failure"

Nov 24, 2024 • Haley Nahman

#185: Humiliating career moves

Plus, explaining my tattoo (and other stuff)

Jun 30, 2024 • Haley Nahman

#163: Dear Baby: I judge my boyfriend’s quick temper

+ does my job have to make an impact & I think I fucked up my life

Sep 24, 2023 • Haley Nahman

#149: Should I try to be friends with someone famous?

+ is 36 “too late” & am I straight?

May 28, 2023 • Haley Nahman

#145: Not caring about your job: freedom or misery?

+ the spectre of the writer-influencer and "paired-off" friends

Apr 30, 2023 • Haley Nahman

🎧 Voice Note: Advice from Hollywood

(12 mins) | Hi! Got a short one for you today. More of a thought exercise than anything else. It’s based on something I heard from a woman who works in…

May 24, 2022 • Haley Nahman

12:18

#90: Dear Baby: Why does my ex's new gf annoy me so much?

Plus: the difference between deep thought and overthinking, and what to do if you hate your dream job

Feb 27, 2022 • Haley Nahman

🎧: Selling out w/ Bobby Doherty

(65 mins) | Today I brought on on my friend Bobby Doherty, a photographer who’s shot countless New York Magazine covers and images you’ve probably seen…

Jul 13, 2021 • Haley Nahman

1:05:11

#61: Anti-motivational poster

Last week, when I had to make mental space for grief over my sick cat, my career ambition was the first thing to go. Any concerns for the future of my…

Jul 11, 2021 • Haley Nahman

🎧: Fucking up as a good thing w/ Verena von Pfetten (part 1)

(53 mins) | Part 1 of my conversation with my friend, mentor, and Gossamer co-founder Verena von Pfetten. We discuss feeling like it's "too late" to do…

Mar 30, 2021 • Haley Nahman

52:40

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